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+/**
+ * Copyright © 2019 IBM Corporation
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include "paths.hpp"
+
+#include <filesystem>
+
+namespace openpower
+{
+namespace pels
+{
+
+namespace fs = std::filesystem;
+static constexpr size_t defaultRepoSize = 20 * 1024 * 1024;
+static constexpr size_t defaultMaxNumPELs = 3000;
+
+fs::path getPELIDFile()
+{
+    fs::path logIDPath{phosphor::logging::paths::extension()};
+    logIDPath /= fs::path{"pels"} / fs::path{"pelID"};
+    return logIDPath;
+}
+
+fs::path getPELRepoPath()
+{
+    std::filesystem::path repoPath{phosphor::logging::paths::extension()};
+    repoPath /= "pels";
+    return repoPath;
+}
+
+fs::path getPELReadOnlyDataPath()
+{
+    return std::filesystem::path{"/usr/share/phosphor-logging/pels"};
+}
+
+size_t getPELRepoSize()
+{
+    // For now, always use 20MB, revisit in the future if different
+    // systems need different values so that we only put PEL
+    // content into configure.ac when absolutely necessary.
+    return defaultRepoSize;
+}
+
+size_t getMaxNumPELs()
+{
+    // Hardcode using the same reasoning as the repo size field.
+    return defaultMaxNumPELs;
+}
+
+} // namespace pels
+} // namespace openpower